31.   President Franjo Tudjman gave his assent overnight in a letter addressed to the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Willy Claes, the statement said.

32.   President Ulmanis was expected to give his assent to the new version within a fortnight.

33.   Selected for a five-year term by the federal government, lieutenant governors open and close provincial parliaments and ceremonially give royal assent to laws adopted by them.

34.   Serb officials however gave no assent to the patrols, and sniping continued near the Holiday Inn, with one passer-by wounded.